Intel Core i7-1255U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500H

Core i7-1255U vs Ryzen 5 5500H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500H performs better than the Core i7-1255U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1255U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-1255U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5500H has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1255U. Despite this, the Core i7-1255U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-1255U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500H CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-1255U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500H. The Core i7-1255U also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-1255U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.